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They helped Trump take back the White House. The rewards have come swiftly.

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Donald Trump has upended the federal government’s wary stance toward cryptocurrency just as he said he would.

Trump 's return to power was achieved in part through an unorthodox coalition-building strategy.

The Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina , for instance, had reliably voted Democratic in presidential elections for decades .

Trump appealed to both groups during the campaign a calculation his political team made early after watching the Libertarian candidate siphon votes from him in 2020 .

Trump ’s effort to court Libertarians last summer , including a speech at their national convention where he endured boos before promising to pardon Ross Ulbricht , the imprisoned founder of an illicit online market called Silk Road .

Trump 's early actions on cryptocurrency have drawn some criticism, including from supporters within the industry who have balked at his growing financial interests.